Posted by Aphrodite on September 17, 2004, at 12:49:54
In reply to aka Disorder or Difference, posted by Dinah on September 17, 2004, at 10:56:02
At the risk of repeating myself, you have amazing insight. I believe that is your thinking is on target about it not being a disorder. I would like to meet the "normally functioning" person that we are supposed to conform to. Your gift is in knowing your strengths and weaknesses and being the better for it.
Your comment about being a specialist and how that would have been an advantage under other circumstances reminded me of something I read once of physical maladies that were once helpful. For instance, diabetes was once a condition that helped people survive in times of little food or too much of only one kind of diet. Now, what was once useful interferes with the health of someone living in this day and age.
It seems perfectly understandable that during bouts of sleeplessness, we are in an altered state of consciousness. This particular one for you clarified an issue.
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